Richard Cooper
William Forbes, 1714 - 1746. Advocate; Professor of Law at Glasgow University
About this artwork
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artist:Richard Cooper (1740 - 1814) Scottish
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title:William Forbes, 1714 - 1746. Advocate; Professor of Law at Glasgow University
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date created:Unknown
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after:William Robinson (1799 - 1839) English
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materials:Line engraving on paper
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measurements:29.60 x 18.50 cm; platemark: 25.40 x 14.90 cm
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accession number:UP F 45
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Richard Cooper
Richard Cooper
Born in Edinburgh, Cooper was apprenticed to his father, the artist Richard Cooper, the Elder (1701 – 1764) and trained as a reproductive engraver. He is best known for his landscape drawings and his copy drawings after paintings by the old masters. He spent much of the 1760s and 1770s on an...